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\015 Our Packard Bell PC will not turn on, there is no blue light on the "on" button but the dual power lead still enables power to the printer. Any ideas?\015

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9 times out of 10, the problem will be a bad "power supply", the box which has the power cord going into it with the fan. The avergae cost is about $40 for a new 300w power supply and they are reasonably easy to replace if you just pay attention to where the wires go when you you take the old supply out.\015\012\015\0121 time out of 10 it will be the actual power on button switch, which is also very cheap and relatively easy to replace.

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